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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-06 13:21:57 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-06 13:21:57 -0700
commit15700770ef7c5d12e2f1659d2ddbeb3f658d9f37 (patch)
tree7fa2f81c33c9efcb1a1568385beead75c5892cfb /lib
parent6de410c2b0cc055ae9ee640c84331f6a70878d9b (diff)
parent11de39e2fbbc592018e0a231d0ee773653dcc8d6 (diff)
downloadlinux-15700770ef7c5d12e2f1659d2ddbeb3f658d9f37.tar.gz
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (38 commits)
  kconfig: fix mconf segmentation fault
  kbuild: enable use of code from a different dir
  kconfig: error out if recursive dependencies are found
  kbuild: scripts/basic/fixdep segfault on pathological string-o-death
  kconfig: correct minor typo in Kconfig warning message.
  kconfig: fix path to modules.txt in Kconfig help
  usr/Kconfig: fix typo
  kernel-doc: alphabetically-sorted entries in index.html of 'htmldocs'
  kbuild: be more explicit on missing .config file
  kbuild: clarify the creation of the LOCALVERSION_AUTO string.
  kbuild: propagate errors from find in scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
  kconfig: refer to qt3 if we cannot find qt libraries
  kbuild: handle compressed cpio initramfs-es
  kbuild: ignore section mismatch warning for references from .paravirtprobe to .init.text
  kbuild: remove stale comment in modpost.c
  kbuild/mkuboot.sh: allow spaces in CROSS_COMPILE
  kbuild: fix make mrproper for Documentation/DocBook/man
  kbuild: remove kconfig binaries during make mrproper
  kconfig/menuconfig: do not hardcode '.config'
  kbuild: override build timestamp & version
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 79afd00bbe5f..bdbf3fe14de6 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ config DEBUG_INFO
 	help
           If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include
 	  debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image.
+	  This adds debug symbols to the kernel and modules (gcc -g), and
+	  is needed if you intend to use kernel crashdump or binary object
+	  tools like crash, kgdb, LKCD, gdb, etc on the kernel.
 	  Say Y here only if you plan to debug the kernel.
 
 	  If unsure, say N.